Auditors found tens of thousands of apparently falsified traffic stop records, many of white drivers. They suspect the officers were trying to appear more productive.

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    1 year ago

    My first impression after reading, is that it was indeed to make it look like people of color were being stopped at a proportionate rate.

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      1 year ago

      I wonder if that’s how they noticed. “These guys are pulling over the whites, something’s not right here!”